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| Century | |
| 3000BC | -Royal Game of Ur oldest complete set of gaming equipment ever found -Senet appears in Egyptian dynastic history through the 4th cent. B.C. -Possible Mancala-type boards in the Sahara |
| 2000 BC | -Wei-qi in China (later called "Go" in Japan) |
| 1800 BC | -Dogs & Jackals found in Egyptian tombs |
| 1400 BC | -Morris and Mancala variant boards from the Temple of Kurna, Egypt |
| 700 BC | -Earliest records of cubical Dice |
| Birth of Jesus |  -Record of Emperor Claudius playing Tabula (Early Backgammon) |
| 300's | -Reference to Nard (Backgammon variant) in the Babylonian Talmud |
| 400's | -Tabula (early Backgammon) game lost by Emperor Zeno recorded
-Hnefatafl games being played in Scandinavia |
| 600's | -Go (Wei-qi) comes to Japan from China 4th, or 6th Century. |
| 700's | -A Persian romance tells of Chess coming from India circa. 650-850 AD |
| 900's |  -Ballinderry artifact, Tafl-type Fidchell game board carved 10th century
-Welsh literature mentions a tafl-type? game Tawlbwrdd |
| 1100's |  -3-in-a-row games first appear in EuropeThe Isle of Lewis Chessmen are believed to have been carved |
| 1200's |  -Alphonso X's "Book of Games" written circa 1283. Describes versions of : Chess, Tables (Backgammon) Morris, Alquerque.-Gretis Saga of Iceland mentions Hala- tafl the Fox Game -Earliest relations to Snakes and Ladders games in India |
| 1300's |  -Earliest European mention of Cards in Spain 1371 |
| 1400's | - Tarot games first played in Italy 1430's-12- Man Morris version first seems to appear. -1440's Poch card game, ancestor to Rummy Royale, Michigan Rummy -Standard card suits hearts clubs spades diamonds created in France c. 1480 |
| 1500's |  -Noddy - precurser to Cribbage
-Game of Goose -ancestor to most modern childrens' race board games. -First clear references to Checkers in 16th century |
| 1600's |  -Modern Cribbage rules standardized in England.-Solitaire board games appears in the court of Louis XI. -Earliest reference to "Backgammon", Oxford English Dictionary, c.1645 -earlier name was Tables |
| 1700's |  -Earliest reference to Pope Joan card game 1730's.-First mention of Solitaire card games within a few years of first records of cartomancy -fortune telling with cards or tarot decks 1765 |
| 1800's | -Bridge develops from earlier games such as Whist. -Poker first mentioned in print, 1836 |
| 1850's | -1863 Ludo printed in England based on Indian Pachisi (Parcheesi in US). -Chinese Checkers first published in the west 1892. -Snakes & Ladders published in England 1890's |
| 1900 | -The Landlord's Game -earliest ancestor of Monopoly patented 1904./ -Lexico invented 1931 - becomes Scrabble 1947 |
| 1950 | -Othello published in Japan 1968, based on 19th century Reversi. |
| 1960 | -Cathedral invented by a New Zealand man in 1962, and sold to a game publisher in 1979. |
| 1970's | -Dungeons & Dragons published 1974 -Tablero da Jesus (also Tablero da Gucci) drinking game invented by SCA member -Pente published 1978. |